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    Of the Shortness of Life
    Of the Shortness of Life
    Of the Shortness of Life
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    Of the Shortness of Life

    Written by Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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    Seneca the Younger wrote the moral essay "De Brevitate Vitae" — "On the Shortness of Life" — to his friend Paulinus. The philosopher brings up many Stoic principles on the nature of time, namely that men waste much of it in meaningless pursuits. According to the essay, nature gives man enough time to do what is really important and the individual must allot it properly.
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    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    Lucius Annaeus Seneca

    Lucius Annaeus Seneca (4 B.C–A.D. 65) was a Roman statesman, Stoic philosopher, and dramatist. He served as an advisor to Nero; upon his implication in a plot to assassinate the emperor, he was compelled to commit suicide --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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    • 1/5
      The voice over / narrator sucks

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      couldn't listen due to sound quality

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    • 1/5
      Quality is TERRIBLE. Not worth it to hurt your ears.
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      Not what it seems, it's just a bunch of pseudoscience and cheap supernatural nonsense.
    • 2/5
      Parts of content that I was able to understand was very insightful. The narration unfortunately hurt the effectiveness.